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Seven Little Soldiers 

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Seven Little Maids 

BY 

WILLIS N. BUGBEE 



Author of "Billy's Aunt Jane," "Aunt Sophronia at College," 

"Coonville 'Ristocrat Club," "Patriotism at 

Boggsville," etc. 



Copyright 1918, by Willis N. Bugbee 



THE WILLIS N. BUGBEE CO. 

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Seven Little Soldiers and 
Seven Little Maids 



CHARACTERS 
Clara Ella Mary 

Jennie Anna 

Claude John Bert 

Henry George 

COSTUMES 



Lottie 



Frank 



Grace 



Tom 



Boys wear Boy Scout suits or imitation army uniforms. 
Girls wear ordinary clothing at first and later wear Red Cross 
uniforms. 



The tune "Trip Lightly Over Trouble" may be found in 
"Merry Melodies" (15 cents). This may be obtained by send- 
ing amount named to the publishers of this book. 



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Seven Little Soldiers and 
Seven Little Maids 

Scene: An ordinary room. 
{Enter girls talking earnestly.) 

Clara. Oh, girls, don't you think it would be perfectly 
lovely to be real Red Cross nurses and — 

Mary. Yes, and wear regular uniforms with red crosses 
on our caps and on our sleeves and — 

Anna. And go way off and nurse the wounded soldier 
boys on the battlefield and — 

Ella. I don't thnk it would be lovely for any soldier to be 
sick or wounded so that they have to be nursed. 

Clara. Of course not, but if there has to be war there 
must be wounded soldiers, mustn't there? 

Grace. And soldiers, like anybody else, may get sick 
sometimes, mayn't they? 

Ella. Why, yes, I suppose they may. 

Clara. So I think it would be grand to go and help 
make them well and strong again. 

Lottie. So do I — just as Clara Barton did a long time 
ago. 

Jennie. And just like my Aunt Hattie. 

Jennie. Yes, and she has written such wonderful stories 
of the battlefield and the hospitals that I just long to go 
there myself. 

Mary. But, of course, we can't. We're too little, and by 
the time we're grown the war may be all over. 

Lottie. We ought to be thankful to have the war over 
even if we can't go as nurses. 

Jennie. But Aunt Hattie says there is plenty of work 
for girls like us to do — work that is almost as important as 
nursing. 

Girls. What is it? Do tell us! 

Jennie. She says they need thousands and thousands of 
bandages and other things to make the soldiers comfortable. 



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Grace. And can we do it? 

Jennie. Of course we can. She says we can do it as 
well as anyone. 

Clara. I say, let's do it then! 

Girls. Yes, yes, let's do it! 

Lottie. Let's start a Red Cross Society of our very own. 

Mary. And we'll elect Jennie Watson our president. 
Then maybe her aunt will write and tell us what to do. 

Anna. Yes, let's have Jennie for president. All in favor 
say "aye." 

(All say "aye.") 

Anna. There! Jennie is elected anonymously. 

Ella. Unanimously, you mean. 

Anna. Well, anyway, she's elected. I think we're getting 
started fine. 

Grace. The next thing is, where are we going to get the 
cloth to make bandages? 

Clara. We might ask our mothers. 

Lottie. Or maybe Mr. White will give us some. He's 
got lots of white cloth in his store. 

Mary. Or we might get up an entertainment and raise 
money that way. 

Clara. I think it will be grand. Let's hurry and get to 
work right away. 

Jennie. That's what I say because the soldiers may be 
in need of these bandages right away. 

Grace. Well, come on, we'll go and ask Mr. White to 
donate some cloth and then we'll get our needles and thread 
ready for business. 

All {leaving stage) — 

Hurrah for the little Red Cross maids! 
The Red Cross maids are we! 
(Exit R.) 

(Enter boys, L., dressed in Boy Scout suits or imitation 
soldier suits. They carry toy guns and flags. March about 
stage once or twice.) 



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Tom. Say, boys! Don't you wish we were old enough 
to go to war and fight for Uncle Sam? 

All. Yes, yes, we'd fight for Uncle Sam! 

Bert. We'd show them what brave soldiers we are. 

Frank. I'd like to be a major general if I could with 
a whole lot of armies to command. 

Henry. And I would be a captain. That would do for 
me. 

George. I'd like to be first lieutenant same as my Uncle 
Jim was in the Spanish war. 

John. I'd like to be quartermaster general. Then I'd have 
charge of the food. 

Bert. You're always looking out for something to eat. 

Claude. I'd like to join the navy and be like Admiral 
Dewey. 

Henry. Maybe that's because your name is Waterman — 
Claude Waterman. 

Tom. Well, I'd rather be an aviator. Then I could fly 
over the enemy's lines and see all that's going on. That would 
be best of all. 

Bert. I don't know just what I would like to be. 

Frank. You might be captain of a submarine. 

John. Or the "horse marines." 

Bert. What's the "horse marines"? 

John. Why, haven't you heard of "Captain Jenks of the 
horse marines"? 

Bert. I guess maybe I'd be a private. Everybody can't 
be officers. If they were there wouldn't be anybody to do the 
fighting. 

George. That's so. But I'm afraid we won't any of us 
get to be officers or privates either for a few years yet — not 
till we grow some more. 

Tom. I know what we can do. We can be farm cadets 
and help to raise food for the armies. 

Claude. And we can help do the work of our big brothers 
while they're off to the war. 

Henry. And we can always be loyal and true to the flag. 



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(Boys march around stage and then form in groups at L. 
Recite as follows:) 

Leader. Seven little soldier boys are we! 
All. Seven little soldier boys! 
Leader. We're brave as soldiers ought to be — 
All. Brave little soldier boys! 

We love our land like patriots true; 

If we were men we'd fight for it too, 

Seven little soldier boys. 
(Re-enter girls in Red Cross costumes and carrying bandages. 
They form in group at L. They recite as follows:) 
Leader. Seven little Red Cross maids are we! 
All. Seven little Red Cross maids! 
Leader. We're just as busy as we can be — 
All — Busy little Red Cross maids! 

The soldier boys so brave and true, 

Will thank us for this work we do — 

Seven little Red Cross maids. 

The Little Patriots' Drill, which foi lores, may be presented as a finale 
to this exercise. 

Curtain 

THE LITTLE PATRIOTS' LOYALTY DRILL 

Characters and Costumes 
Soldier boys and Red Cross maids, seven of each. 
Uncle Sam, dressed in regulation costume. 
Music by piano. 

Formation 
Enter soldier boys, R., and maids, L., each with flag. 
Both groups march to center, turn and advance in couples 
to front. Here they separate, turn and march back to rear. 
Turn again and march to front, thence again to rear. Couples 
meet at rear center and advance to front, alternating to right 
and left by couples, and form in line across front of stage. 

Drill 

1. Wave flags forward. 

2. Wave flags above level of heads. 



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3. Couples hold flags crossed. 

4. Hold flags over shoulders and drop to right knees. 

5. Wave flags forward. 

6. Wave flags above level of heads. 

7. Cross flags as before. 

8. Resume standing position, flags over shoulders. 

I. The same movements may be given on left knee if 
desired, resuming standing position at last. 

II. Girls advance one step, boys retreat one step. 

III. Drill movements as above may be repeated, omitting 
Nos. 3 and 7. 

IV. Boys and girls reverse positions and repeat drill. 

V. All step into line and join in singing some appropriate 
song. 

VI. Boys retreat one step and turn to left. Girls advance 
one step and turn to right. 

VII. Both groups march around to rear and circle about 
in two spirals, at right and left. 

VIII. Reverse and unwind. Lines meet at center and 
march to rear; turn and advance to front, thence to rear, 
thence to front again, at outer sides of stage. 

IX. Girls march diagonally to left rear; boys march to 
right rear, crossing each other's lines alternately. Each line 
turns toward center, meet and advance by couples to front. 
Form in line, boys at right, girls at left. 

X. Drill with flags as before, if desired. 

XI. All sing to tune of "Trip Lightly Over Trouble.": 

We're loyal to our country, 

We're loyal to our flag; 
If Uncle Sam should need us, 

We'll never, never lag. 
We're loyal to our army, 

And sailor boys so true; 
Three cheers we'll give "Old Glory" — 

The red and white and blue. 

Chorus 

Hurrah then, hurrah, and hurrah for "Old Glory"! 

Whatever our duty we never will lag; 
Three cheers we will give for our glorious banner! 

Hurrah and hurrah, yes hurrah for our flag! 



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We'll strive to do our duty, 

Whatever that may be, 
To make our lovely country 

The home of liberty; 
It may be plainer living, 

Or plainer clothes to wear, — 
No matter what our duty, 

We'll bravely do our share. 

Chorus 

XII. Boys turn to left, girls to right. Both groups march 
to rear; then turn toward center and march to form the let- 
ters U. S. When in this position all face the front. Those 
at rear remain standing, those near center drop to one knee, 
while those at front drop to both knees, thus» making the in- 
clined letters plainly visible to the audience. 

The boys form the U; the girls form the S. Uncle Sam 
steps to stage at X. 



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All hold flags, or if desired, strips of bunting, in such a 
manner as to show the form of the letters. 

Tableau may be presented, if desired, while patriotic or 
flag song is sung off stage. 

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